Christmas Preparations and Christmas Day!

Completed Ginger Bread House!


Making treats for our neighbors.  Ethan kept eating the pretzels!

Christmas morning....checking out what Santa left.


Christmas Day with cousin Mason!


Showing off his new tennis shoes! 

Sporting a new rain coat and rain boots while talking to Wills and showing him how to ride his (Wills') new bouncy cow.

Church Christmas Program

This year Ethan performed in his first Christmas program.  The 2 year olds sang "Happy Birthday Jesus" with some help from the 3's, 4's and 5's.  Ethan is 3 years old, but is techinically in the 2 year old class because of his birthday.  Next year, he will be a donkey with the other 3s.

Big Brother

Ethan is preparing to be a Big Brother. 
 Baby Hurst is due May 10th!

Fun Filled October....Halloween Party!

The Johnson's and the Vick's hosted a Halloween Party for the kids! 
Super Ethan!

Flying around the yard!

Trying on someone's costume!

 Wrap the mummy!

"Poop the Pumpkin".  Ethan didn't get the concept of carrying it between your knees and dropping it in the plastic pumpkin, but he had a great time running it back and forth!

Fun filled October.....Wild Things Farm!

Our annual trip to Wild Things Farm...

Ethan sliding down a HUGE mulch pile!

Grammy did it too!


Starting the Corn Maze.

Picking a pumpkin.

Racing pigs.


Petting a pig.

Checking out the goats. Yes, he was trying to kiss it!

Milking a "cow".

Gentry Zoo

We went with the Symonds family to the drive thru zoo in Gentry one Sunday in September.



 They also have a petting zoo.


Ethan and the girls!


I guess he thought I had something to feed him!


This monkey was about the size of my hand and was wearing a tiny diaper!

Couldn't resist taking a picture of this sign!

Riding the Tractor

Ethan's birthday present from Grammy and Papa!
He loves driving it!!

And showing Baby Wills how it works!


  When he isn't in it, the cat sleeps in the back of it.

Turning 3!

We celebrated Ethan's 3rd Birthday at the Monkey House!
Lots of inflatable bouncers and slides.


 Banana cupcakes decorated as monkeys!


 Taking on the monster slide!

Cousin has arrived!!

Ethan proudly announces the arrival of his precious cousin....
Williams "Wills" Carvajel Te

I was there for his arrival!
Sunday, July 24, 2011 at 9:55 a.m.


We took Ethan to visit after they went home.
He kept calling Wills "my baby".  "My baby" crying, I hold "my baby", etc.

I realize that I am a little bias, but he is so beautiful!!

Vacation

We flew to Florida!
Airport entertainment...the car at DFW and the castle at XNA.  Of course we had to be delayed.  That seems to be a normal occurrence when flying in or out of DFW.


 Ethan on the airplane....he LOVED it!

View from our balcony! 

The three "Nemos" were part of the decor. 
Ethan drug them all over the condo and slept with all of them.




Enjoying the beach!

We rented bikes.  They have an 18 mile bike path that runs down 30A.  Ethan loved to "Bi-cycle", so much that he even napped one day.  (Yes, that is a pink helmet!  The bikes were delivered to our condo while we were on the beach.  Ethan didn't mind.) 

 A park outside of Alys Beach had this random hill and a path that wrapped around it.

Ethan at the top yelling "Super" as in Superman!